Outlander Returns April 9th

Put on your best tartan, everyone, and pour your favorite scotch because this week is THE WEEK. When Outlander’s second season premieres this coming Saturday, it will have been 315 days since a new episode last aired on Starz. Now, the show returns for 13 episodes – with no Droughtlander to interrupt, as with season one – covering the second book in Diana Gabaldon’s series, Dragonfly in Amber. The second season premiere will air at 9 pm Eastern (8 pm Central) on Saturday, April 9th.

Starz has released the titles and writers for each episode. This season is unique in that Diana Gabaldon herself has written an episode, 2×11 – Vengeance Is Mine.

2×01 – Through a Glass, Darkly – Ron Moore

2×02 – Not in Scotland Anymore – Ira Steven Behr

2×03 – Useful Occupations and Deceptions – Anne Kenney

2×04 – La Dame Blanche – Toni Graphia

2×05 – Untimely Resurrection – Richard Kahan

2×06 – Best Laid Schemes – Matthew B. Roberts

2×07 – Faith – Toni Graphia

2×08 – The Fox’s Lair– Anne Kenney

2×09 – Je Suis Prest – Matthew B. Roberts

2×10 – Prestonpans – Ira Steven Behr

2×11 – Vengeance Is Mine – Diana Gabaldon

2×12 – The Hail Mary – Anne Kenney & Ira Steven Behr

2×13 – Dragonfly in Amber – Matthew B. Roberts and Toni Graphia

Starz is available through either your cable or satellite provider or, if you have Amazon Prime, you can subscribe to Starz for an additional $8.99 a month, and stream the show (plus all of Starz’s other content) there. If you want to rewatch season 1 or want to suck your friends into the show, Starz currently has the entire season free to stream on Starz’s website as well as Starz On Demand.

In addition to watching season 1 for free online, you can also see the Outlander cast hit New York City this week. In anticipation of Saturday’s premiere, the cast will make a number of appearances this week, including the Today Show, Live with Kelly & Michael, and the NYC Tartan Parade on Saturday, where Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser) will be Grand Marshall. Some events will stream online, including the red carpet premiere event on Monday, April 4th.

When we last saw Jamie and Claire, they were speeding off to France after Jamie’s rape and torture at the hands of Black Jack Randall and Claire’s subsequent rescue of Jamie from Wentworth Prison. Now unable to return to Scotland, the two venture to France with the idea of stopping the fomenting Jacobite movement that Claire knows will doom the clans of the Scottish Highlands. In France, they experience the intrigues of the French court while they ingratiate them to the Bonnie Prince Charlie, the son of Scotland’s exiled king James. The season promises to show all of the richness of the French court while tracing the journey of the Jacobite cause from theory to fruition.

Season 2 of Outlander premieres Saturday, April 9th at 9/8 pm on Starz.

What are you most looking forward to from this next season of Outlander? What scene or moment from the book Dragonfly in Amber do you hope to see onscreen?